This offbeat episode should be a
delight for hard-core Perry-watchers. The fact that Paul
is arrested early on for the crime of "not wearing a
beard" is just one of the oddities in the show.
There is almost a faint hint of "The Twilight
Zone" in the mood and setting of the story, a small
town somewhere in California where, at least for a few
days, all males must wear beards.

The plot itself is routinely
complicated. The town's former bank president returns
from prison after being convicted of embezzling $33,750,
money that was never found. A former client of Paul's
asks him for the second time to try and locate the loot.
Perry becomes involved and later, after Paul finally does
find the moneyand a bodythe lawyer travels to the town to help his
detective friend straighten the whole thing out.

The flavor of the 1950s is everywhere
in this episode. When one character sits down to eat in a
restaurant, the menu features steaks for .95¢; fish and
chips for $1.00, and jumbo shrimp for a whopping $1.25.

Also, blooper fans will spot a strange
black band that appears at the top of their television
screens during the opening shots of the episode. As the
scenes look like on-location shots and involve characters
entering and leaving stores, possibly the blackout was
put there at the last minute by the producers not wanting
to give actual store owners a plug on TV. The show stars
Adam West, who went on to play Batman.